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2012 macbook pro hdmi to tv?

So i recently just bought my macbook pro with retina. So tonight i was going to try out the hdmi port on it. the HDMI wont even pick up the macbook. i have a 60 inch aquos sharp tv. ive read up on some websites and the help center. and they said it should be a plug in and play kinda thing. sooo is my macbook broken or something? ohh and running on mountain lion. please help! thanks!!

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 1:10 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2012 1:30 PM

I also have a Sharp TV, which was working fine with my Macbook Pro and HDMI cable when I was running Lion, but as soon as I upgraded to Mountain Lion, it won't work at all. I've tried connecting to other TVs, some work, some don't. Anyone have fix?

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Feb 7, 2013 11:30 AM in response to moy1993

Finally today I fixed my problem.


As you can read in my previous post when I connected the TV monitor to my Mac via the HDMI port, I had a black screen on the computer and "invalid format" on the TV.


I restarted the computer, connected to the TV, in safe mode, and the 2 monitors worked.

I opened Preferences> Monitor and I was able to adjust the resolution of the TV and now everything works perfectly.

2012 macbook pro hdmi to tv?

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